Episode 41: Scarlet Ibis

5 Minutes of Rum episode 41: Scarlet Ibis Trinidad rum, more from the Death & Co book, tools from Cocktail Kingdom, and Death From Above.

Setup for the Rum 103 symposium at TIki Caliente 7

Audience at the Rum 103 symposium at TIki Caliente 7

Your host for the Rum 103 symposium at TIki Caliente 7

Yarai mixing glass

Swissmar bar spoon

Death From Above
1 oz Lemon Hart 151 (sub Hamilton 151 as needed)
3/4 oz Scarlet Ibis rum
1/4 oz Cruzan Black Strap rum
1 tsp Lustau East India Solera Sherry
1 tsp cane syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters
2 dashes Death & Co. house orange bitters (equal parts Fee’s, Regans’, and Angostura Orange bitters; I used 1 dash of each for simplicity)

Stir all ingredients over ice and then strain into a double old-fashioned glass over 1 large ice cube or ice ball. Garnish with 1 lemon twist and 1 orange twist.

 

Episode 40: Hamilton 151 Overproof

5 Minutes of Rum episode 40: Hamilton 151 Overproof, Sippin’ Safari, the ’34 Zombie, and the Shockwave.

1934 Zombie Punch

Zombie coaster by Tiki tOny

The Shockwave (Can you stand it?)

’34 Zombie Punch
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz Don’s mix (2 parts grapefruit juice to 1 part cinnamon syrup)
1/2 oz falernum
1 1/2 oz gold Jamaican rum (Appleton VX)
1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum (Ron del Barrilito Two Star)
1 oz Hamilton 151 Overproof
Dash Angostura bitters
6 drops of Pernod
1 teaspoon grenadine
6 oz crushed ice

Put everything into a spindle blender and mixer 5 seconds. Pour into a tall glass (or tiki mug). Add ice cubes to fill. Garnish with mint.


Shockwave
1 oz demerara overproof rum (Hamilton 151 overproof)
1 oz Smith & Cross rum
1 oz gold Puerto Rican rum (Cruzan)
3/4 oz lime juice
1/2 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz Shockwave mix*
Dash of Angostura bitters
1/4 oz simple syrup

Blend with 3/4 cup of crushed ice for 5 seconds in a spindle blender. Pour unstrained into a tiki mug or tall glass adding ice cubes to fill. Garnish with mint.

*Shockwave mix: equal parts pimento dram, honey mix, grenadine, and blackberry liqueur. 

Episode 39: Ron del Barrilito Two Star

5 Minutes of Rum episode 39: Ron del Barrilito Two Star, Potions of the Caribbean, Joe Scialom, plus the Sol Y Sombra and Oro de los Tontos cocktails.

Joe Scialom

Joe Scialom

Joe Scialom

Sol Y Sombra
1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum (Ron del Barrilito 2 star)
3/4 oz dark Jamaican rum (Coruba)
1/2 oz apricot brandy
2 ounces fresh pineapple juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake with ice cubes. Then either:
pour unstrained into a hollowed out baby/small pineapple, securing the pineapple in a specialty bowl filled with crushed ice
-or-
pour into an old-fashioned or rounded glass.

In either case, garnish with a paper parasol.

 

Oro de los Tontos (Fools Gold)
2 oz Gold Puerto Rican rum (Ron del Barrilito 2 star)
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz Licor 43
1/4 oz simple syrup
3 drops Pernod
3 drops almond extract

Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.